Chapter 283: Victory in hand

Applause broke out from the audience.

Wang Daxian was invited to speak first. Coming from an older family of medicine in Wucheng, having grown various medicinal herbs since childhood, he possessed a natural affinity for them and was considered a kind person. However, his first words on the stage were, "I hear President Tie praise Jingshu every day. Today's young people are truly surpassing their predecessors. President Tie truly has a keen eye, and I truly admire this young woman, Jingshu."

Wang Xiaoxian rolled his eyes in the audience.

"If we don't rate according to market demand, then based solely on planting techniques, I admit that what I plant isn't as good as what Jingshu and hers are. Jingshu's planting skills are even better, and what Jingshu plants can be used as medicine in about six months, while what I plant takes longer to become effective and requires more investment. Precious medicinal herbs are rare, and ordinary people can't afford them. So I'm unworthy of the high scores you all give me."

There was even more enthusiastic applause from the audience. As competitors, Jingshu didn't expect that she would be praised?

"According to my observation, Jingshu is more suitable for planting miscellaneous herbs. She has a wide range of interests, while I am only proficient in planting precious herbs like ginseng and codonopsis. I am not suitable for large-scale promotion. I might not be suitable for this position. I think Jingshu is more suitable for the position of vice president. For example, the herbs Jingshu grows are very suitable for the national conditions in the last days. Now that bacteria are breeding, we urgently need herbs like bodhi, tobacco, and honeysuckle. Promoting their planting really depends on Jingshu's guidance. So, everyone will still vote for Jingshu."

Jingshu: “???” Hmm, what’s going on? What’s going on? Isn’t this guy here to compete with her? Why is he always speaking up for her? Jingshu was also a little dumbfounded.

President Tie wiped the sweat from his face. What the hell does this old man mean? He's been praising Jingshu for so long. Does he really mean to give her the spot?

After Wang Daxian finished speaking, he walked down the stage and winked at Jingshu. Jingshu always felt that there might be some reason behind this.

Jingshu went up to the podium in a daze, looking at the sea of ​​heads, some of whom were looking at her with curiosity, some with admiration, some with disdain, some with gloating, in short, all with all kinds of expressions. After experiencing the previous few events, her name Jingshu gradually became known to everyone in the Medicinal Materials Association.

Not to mention, there are also hundreds of people from Tacheng who have now merged with the medicinal materials base. It was all because Jingshu defeated them, so some people love and hate Jingshu.

Unfortunately, this time the selection of vice president has nothing to do with Tacheng, so the few familiar people from last time were not present.

Jingshu cleared her throat and was about to speak when a shrill alarm sounded. President Tie and Zhou Paopi hurried to the control room, and those who were watching the excitement in the hall also started talking.

"What urgent matter has occurred? Is this another direct order from the central government?"

"I think so. The last time was four months ago. I remember we urgently produced a batch of casein calcium to supply to all the people. After all, since the power outage, no one has been out in the sun for a year. If you don't get enough sun for a long time and don't supplement with calcium, your body won't be able to withstand it."

"All documents issued by the higher-ups must be completed as the top priority."

Jingshu squinted her eyes and listened to the discussions around her, and gradually understood that the alarm was not a danger, but an order issued by the central government.

Speaking of calcium, she also remembered that a few years ago, the government would distribute some vitamins and calcium tablets to all citizens every year. It turned out that they were all produced in this emergency way.

The speech naturally could not continue. The two vice presidents had already gone to the control room to check the documents, and Jingshu was also bored waiting for the situation above.

After a while, President Tie came back with sweat all over his face and Zhou Baopi with a beaming face. Jingshu saw that President Tie's legs were trembling and beads of sweat were pouring down his face, but he was still forcing a smile.

Zhou Paopi made several calls in a row before finally saying to Chairman Tie, "It's up to you. Do you want to go up and make the announcement yourself, or should I make the announcement?"

President Tie gritted his teeth, exhaled softly, and closed his eyes. "Let me speak last."

"Heh." Zhou Paopi straightened the hair on his head.

, went up to the stage, opened the slides on the podium, and then said: "Excuse me, everyone, for interrupting me with a recent document issued by the Central Committee."

The file was played and everyone could see it. The large blood-red characters made everyone feel oppressed.

Zhou Paopi continued, holding the microphone, "Due to months of heavy rain in the Jiangnan region, moss has grown without being cleared, leading to the proliferation of various insects and poisonous mushrooms. These insects have crawled into houses, some of which carry HPV and some carry the H25 virus. Tens of thousands of people are dying from this every day, and hundreds of thousands are becoming ill."

"For this reason, the central government has issued an order to all provincial capitals to urgently cultivate a batch of insecticides, prioritizing the cultivation of herbs containing the following medicinal materials. These pesticides must be produced in the following quantities within two months to qualify. This will serve as the preliminary examination for this term's medicinal materials associations. The top ten medicinal materials associations in all provincial capitals that meet the required indicators will be eligible to participate in the re-examination."

Jingshu understood Zhou Paopi's intention. Why had the vice president wanted to invite Wang Daxian, from the herbal medicine family? It was to get him to participate in the provincial capital's competition. Needless to say, the purpose of the competition was to obtain resources. Whoever won would receive more resources, while whoever lost would receive less. To obtain these resources, the Wucheng government had fought tooth and nail. Although it was only about medicinal materials, in this apocalyptic world, medicine ultimately determined life security, so they had to compete.

But now the competition items have changed suddenly. The initial test has become to see which province can first produce a sufficient amount of good pesticides to pass.

Jingshu frowned. In her previous life, it seemed that in Wucheng, it was not until more than two months later, after many people had died, that the government developed pesticides. I heard that the quantity was very small.

That should be the medicinal materials association in the previous life. Few people can make pesticides.

Turning the page further, the document showed the demand for dozens of medicinal materials, and tobacco was listed in the first row, indicating that a large proportion of tobacco was needed.

At this time, the atmosphere on the scene was very strange and quiet.

Everyone's face turned red, and they didn't know what to say for a moment, especially Pharmacist Liu. He had just finished saying that Jingshu's tobacco was worth 1 cent. Not long after that, the central government directly issued a order for the medicinal herbs that needed to be planted, and tobacco was listed at the top.

That kind of situation hasn't occurred in Wucheng yet, but the moss here has grown very long. I guess it won't be long before it's overrun by insects, right?

Dean Zhang glanced at Jingshu obscurely, but didn't say anything else.